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UNITED STATES JOHN A. GUSTUS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '28, 1919.

Application filed .Tune 10, 1918. Serial No. 239,131.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. (Ensure, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Counters, of whichthe following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to a type of sec tional-counter construction nowmuch in use in restaurants and stores, and its objects are, by slightchanges in its design, to overcome certain objections to said type ofcounter. These objections are that fastening means are required tosecure the counter to the floor, causing injury to the latter, and thatthe counter stools, for proper support, are likewise fastened to thefloor and accordingly cannot readily be adjusted along the floorlengthwise of the counter.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional Viewof a counter constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary frontelevation of the same.

It is desirable in counter constructions as shown, that the counterstools be kept at some fixed distance from the counter, and

that they be adjustable lengthwise of the counter.

In the prior construction a foot-rail has been carried at the end ofbrackets secured to a row of stools which in turn were secured to thefloor independently of the counter.

In'the present device, the counter is built up in sections, there beingdivisional castings to which the section panels and shelves of thecounter are attached. The castings are provided with suitably placedflanges to engage and support the panels, shelves and longitudinalstringer bars by which the sections are securely connected together.

As shown inthe drawings, a plurality of divisional castings 1 affordsupport for the counter top 2, shelves 3 and 4:, and front panel 5.These castings are made with feet 6,

which project forwardly so as to give stability to'the counter withoutfastenings, regardless of the weight of articles which might be placedon the overhanging portion 7 of the top 2.

The foot-rail 8 passes through supporting brackets 9 which arepreferably detachably mounted on knees of the feet 6, the rail orbar 8,being secured to the brackets by set screws or other suitable means,thereby servlng to brace the feet against lateral strains and assistingto maintain them in alinement. The stools 10 are fast to bracket members11 which are journaled on and slidable along rail 8 but may bepermanently set in any desired position along the rail by set screws'13. j

The flanges 11 of the divisional transverse castings 1, are tapped toreceive screws 15 for the fastening stringer strips 17.

Short strips 18 pass through apertures 19 in the webs 20 of castings 1,said strips are fastened to the panels 5 by screws 16, and the structureis tightened by wedges 21 driven into the apertures 19.

When the counter is placed on uneven floors, it is leveled by theadjustingscrews 22 in the feet of frame castings 1. The screws haveheads to engage the floor and their threaded shanks are seated inunthreaded bores in the socket members 28 and 24, which are spaced apartvertically to ad mit the nuts 25 by means of which adjustment iseffected.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been hereinshown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of theconstruction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from thespirit of this invention as defined by the following claim.

I claim:

A counter construction, comprising spaced divisional supportin frameshaving webs and flanges for endwise and marginal engagement withinterposed panels and shelving, said divisional frames having forwardlyextending feet, a bar connecting said feet and secured thereto toconstitute a foot rail and a spacing brace member, and a stool having astandard or supporting column adapted to rest upon the floor andprovided with a bracket which is slidably connected to said rail or barand is guided thereby to maintain the stool at a definite distance fromthe counter at any adjusted position.

Signed at Chicago this 4th day of June, 1918.

JOHN A. GUSTUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G."

